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MMR Vaccine Licensing Called Into Question Following ICAN's Latest FOIA Exposure of FDA Coverup
Hundreds of people attend Matthew Del Bigtree Speech On MMR vaccines in Monsey, NY Photo: Shimon Gifter
AUSTIN, Texas In another significant legal win for vaccine risk awareness non-profit Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), a new Freedom of Information Act disclosure from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that the MMR vaccine was licensed based on clinical trials which in total had less than 1,000 participants and far more adverse reactions than previously acknowledged.
"It's alarming that an appeal was required to get this information, but it's more alarming that every time ICAN prevails in obtaining a FOIA disclosure from the FDA, CDC or HHS, we learn about another serious shortcoming in their duties to assure Americans' health and health care," says Del Bigtree, ICAN founder and host of the weekly fact-based medical news show "The HighWire."
The MMR vaccine is at the heart of the vaccine debate. The following are some of the key facts learned from the clinical trial reports produced by the FDA, which the agency relied upon to license the MMR:
There were eight clinical trials that in total had less than 1,000 individuals, out of which only 342 children received the MMR vaccine
The safety review period only tracked 'adverse events' for 42 days after injection
More than half or a significant percent of all participants in each of the eight trials developed gastrointestinal symptoms and upper respiratory infections
All adverse events were generically described as 'other viruses' and not considered in safety profile of licensure
The control group received other vaccines for either rubella or measles and rubella, and none of the controls received a placebo (an inert substance such as a saline injection)
Bigtree, an Emmy-Award winning producer, and director of the documentary "Vaxxed: From Coverup to Catastrophe," says the reason for increased vaccine hesitancy is not an unreasonable fear, but growth in awareness of the corruption, secrecy and obvious overt propaganda surrounding vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry.
"Thanks to the laws in this country that for now at least permit access to various government records, we now know the MMR vaccine was licensed using an irresponsibly small and limited group of children," says Bigtree.
"But what's even more alarming is learning about the serious adverse events that were known and acknowledged, yet ignored in order to license the MMR vaccine," Bigtree adds, noting "This was after only tracking adverse events for 42 days after injection – imagine what they might have found had they tracked safety for three years against an appropriate control, as they do for drugs."
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Economic Impacts of COVID-19: A Menacing New Curve Rises
04.09.2020 | Joe DiStefano
CategoriesIn the NewsInternationalPolicyProductScenario PlanningSustainable CitiesTransportationUrban Planning
Data has been updated to reflect jobless claims and COVID cases as of April 11, 2020.
While cities and states across the nation wage a feverish battle to 'flatten the curve' of COVID-19 cases, another frightening curve is rising at an unprecedented clip. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest unemployment spike in U.S. history. For the last four weeks, as shelter-in-place directives have extended from coast to coast – more than 316 million Americans are now home from school, work, and limited to essential trips.
A weekly comparison of new jobless claims and new COVID-19 cases for a sample of U.S. states.
With retail stores shuttered, restaurants closing, and business trips and vacations canceled, the U.S. Labor Department reported the loss of a staggering 22 million jobs from March 21st to April 11th, pushing the estimated unemployment rate above 17%, higher than at any point since the Great Depression. As one sector winds down, it ripples into others as newly unemployed Americans look to cut their expenses, thus impacting the next sector down the chain of consumer and business spending. And so the curve of economic and social distress rises.
As public agencies work with front-line health organizations to deliver emergency medical response to COVID-19, we must act with equal urgency to direct social and economic resources to those most in need, and to communities where impact will be most concentrated. Federal relief and stimulus efforts may help ease the pain, but with an extended and steep rise in unemployment likely to continue, it will be critical to expedite support to people and communities most at risk of losing the foundations of their livelihood.
Where do agencies need to deliver relief now and in the coming weeks and months?
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Given the high concentration of employment sectors most immediately impacted by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in Louisiana, we've focused our example analysis here on how mapping this data may help public agencies deliver critical economic aid and essential services where it's needed most.
In Louisiana, restaurants, hospitality, retail, and entertainment account for 25% of all employment. In New Orleans, it's even higher at 33%. And across the state, near the Texas border, in Shreveport, employment in these sectors account for upwards of 40% of the total.
Areas in deeper shades of red indicate a greater percentage of Louisiana parish residents working in a highly impacted employment sector, including restaurants, hospitality, retail, and entertainment.
Digging even deeper into the data, within cities like New Orleans, neighborhoods adjacent to the tourism-rich French Quarter and Jackson Square neighborhoods are almost wholly reliant on these economic sectors – nearly 50% of residents hold restaurants, hospitality, retail, and entertainment jobs.
Zooming in to focus on New Orleans illustrates specific neighborhoods with a high concentration of jobs within these sectors. The deepest shades of red indicate tracts where over 40% of residents work in the restaurant, hospitality, retail, or entertainment industries.
Baton Rouge has similarly high contractions in specific neighborhoods, as does Shreveport to the west.
Certain areas in Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana exhibit higher concentrations of jobs in highly impacted job sectors.
In combination with many more factors that we'll begin to discuss below, mapping employment sector by neighborhood can start to provide important clues on where immediate economic aid and services may be needed most.
Using a Vulnerability Index to map and plan for the direct distribution of social and economic relief.
These numbers and maps tell an important story and can serve to direct the distribution of social and economic relief. But we need to dig a few layers deeper into the data to understand where residents are most vulnerable, and thus where relief is most urgent. We can further evaluate impacted areas based on levels of income, education, underlying medical conditions, and even access to food and critical services to understand where the need is most urgent and how we can deliver effective support. Such a 'Vulnerability Index' can serve to quickly highlight areas with the greatest need.
The UrbanFootprint Economic Vulnerability Index maps where economic relief may be most urgent in New Orleans based on employment sector, levels of income, education, underlying medical conditions, access to food and critical services, and more.
Mapping neighborhoods with less foundational resilience to economic disruption and understanding where the rise out of steep unemployment will likely be the most difficult can serve as an important starting point in understanding where additional economic, social, mental, and even medical support may be especially needed now and for the weeks and months to come.
Stay tuned for more insights from our efforts to support agency response to COVID-19
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Q: Increasing the number of processors causes MPI to slow down I think maybe I'm not understanding some fundamental aspect of MPI here, but using 4 processes, here is the breakdown using time ./main:
13.00 real         4.99 user         3.05 sys
13.00 real         4.84 user         2.87 sys
13.00 real         4.91 user         2.84 sys
13.00 real         5.18 user         3.04 sys

So it seems like CPU time for each process only takes around 5 seconds, yet the total elapse time is much longer than that. Why is this, if the processes are being run in parallel then shouldn't the total elapsed time be much closer to 5 seconds?
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The code in question is assembling a somewhat large matrix (120,000 x 120,000 in size) and solving a linear system. The only place I can think of in the code I can think of that would be slowing down would be in the linear solve, but I'm using the superlu_dist package to solve, which is specifically meant for solving in parallel.
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Richmond West, Florida facts for kids
Richmond West, Florida
Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida
U.S. Census Bureau map showing CDP boundaries
Coordinates: 25°36′37″N 80°25′40″W / 25.61028°N 80.42778°W / 25.61028; -80.42778Coordinates: 25°36′37″N 80°25′40″W / 25.61028°N 80.42778°W / 25.61028; -80.42778
4.28 sq mi (11.09 km2)
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Richmond West is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 28,082 at the 2000 census.
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Richmond West is located at 25°36′37″N 80°25′40″W / 25.610164°N 80.427836°W / 25.610164; -80.427836.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), of which, 4.2 square miles (11 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (2.11%) is water.
On September 15, 1945, the Homestead hurricane caused an estimated fifty million (then-year) dollars, impacting the area. Nearly half of the financial loss happened at the Richmond Naval Air Station, where winds ignited a fire at three hangars, destroying 25 blimps, 366 planes, and 150 automobiles. Across the state, the passage of the hurricane resulted in 1,632 destroyed houses, with an additional 5,372 damaged. Four people were killed in the state, with an additional 43 injured.
Dadeland Mobile Home Park in Richmond West destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
In August 1992, Dadeland Mobile Home park and the surrounding south Miami-Dade area were severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew. Many of the homes and businesses in the area were completely destroyed . In subsequent years, the area was gradually rebuilt.
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As of the census of 2000, there were 28,082 people, 7,833 households, and 7,175 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,720.5 people per square mile (2,593.9/km2). There were 8,188 housing units at an average density of 1,959.5/sq mi (756.3/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.33% White (18.8% were Non-Hispanic White,) 8.51% African American, 0.21% Native American, 2.29% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 6.49% from other races, and 4.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 70.02% of the population.
There were 7,833 households, out of which 59.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.7% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.4% were non-families. 4.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 3.69.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.9% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 38.5% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $59,608, and the median income for a family was $59,551. Males had a median income of $36,589 versus $26,896 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,544. About 3.9% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.
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Car marketplace CarSpring launches in the UK
May 29, 2015 by Ecommerce News. About Launch with tags The United Kingdom. 4681 views.
CarSpring has launched in the United Kingdom. This new online marketplace offers a solution for people who want to buy and sell pre-owned cars. But it's not only that, the startup also wants to take over all the unpopular side effects of car buying: from paperwork to transportation. For example, CarSpring delivers the ordered car right onto the customer's doorstep.
CarSpring is one of the many, many ecommerce companies that's backed up by Rocket Internet. But as far as we know, it's the first service directed to car owners that's been supported by the German incubator.
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The new service presents itself as a hassle free way to buy and sell cars. "No more hidden fees or waiting around for viewing appointments. Simply sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!", CarSpring says on its website. "Our offers are better than market price and come with a comprehensive inspection", the company explains. On the homepage it even showcases "sell your car in 60 days or less" as one of the company's unique selling points. CarSpring also promises to process all the paperwork, so (potential) car owners can focus solely on buying or selling their car.
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CarSpring isn't the only car marketplace that tries to acts as the middleman between buyer ans seller. Earlier this year, a similar service called Roadster opened its virtual doors. It also delivers the car to the buyer's door, but Roadster's marketplace only features new cars. Other services that lets people buy and sell cars online are Beepi, Carlypso and Carvana.
It's no news that companies that are backed up by Rocket Internet are often seen as copycats from other popular startups. Just take a look at Paymill (Stripe), Payleven (Square), Wimdu (Airbnb), MyCityDeal (Groupon), Easy Taxi (Uber), Glossybox (Birchbox), Hello Fresh (Blue Apron) and many more. But as Koen Thijssen from Rocket Internet puts it: "I admit we are not the most creative company on the web, but look at your local bakery shop. The guy that is running that didn't invent making bread."
CarSpring was founded in 2015 by Peter Baumgart and Maximilian Vollenbroich. The startup is currently active in London and surrounding areas.


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Three of the North Shore's best restaurants, which have all at one time or another enjoyed favourable reviews in these pages and continued patronage by me and those in my immediate sphere of influence, have recently updated their menus.
I hold my breath involuntarily whenever I learn of a new menu at a favourite venue, as there is always the remote possibility that the new dishes, those that usurped my personal favourites, won't resonate with me as strongly. However, if the hands in the kitchen belong to culinary masters, trepidation is most often soon quelled, as it was for me on my trio of recent visits for this week's column.
I began my new menu explorations at Swad Indian Kitchen, which topped my Year in Review selections in 2015 and seems to have gained a loyal following since, if midweek volume in the restaurant was any indication. I was a huge fan of Swad's pan-Indian approach that showcased both classic and contemporary creations drawn from regional influences spanning the entire sub-continent, as well as the restaurant's warm and refined interior design.
Their new menu, as lengthy and ambitious as the original, retains a few of the dishes that I have grown to love here, including the Bengali Curry featuring seasoned fish in mustard and coconut cream and Swad Palak Kofta, spinach and gram flour dumplings with fresh spinach and cream, but otherwise it is a complete overhaul. New to the menu is the stunning Swad E Lamb, a thick and exceptionally rich curry with a generous portion of boneless, moist, fall-apart-tender chunks of lamb in coconut, curry leaf and toasted spice gravy. The dish was pure magic, elegant but hearty, its sauce the perfect consistency to be mopped up by naan.
Also sampled from the new menu was a fantastic preparation of Gobhi Butter Masala. Florets of the vegetable were battered and cooked until slightly crispy on the outside, then topped with a creamy, spicy tomato and onion sauce. I ordered the Kofta again out of habit and was pleased to find it is still an extraordinary vegetarian dish, an explosion of rousing textures and tastes. Mains at Swad are around $18, on average.
Next up was a visit to Tour de Feast, that charming, if sometimes contradictory, diminutive room at the bottom of Mountain Highway between Rupert and Bond streets. Tour de Feast is contradictory in the sense that its modest, unassuming interior, with its bright orange plastic chairs, Formica table tops, paper napkins and home printer menus, does not betray the amazing, elevated contemporary French-influenced West Coast cuisine that issues from its kitchen courtesy of chef and co-owner Dhruv Jhanjee.
Jhanjee clearly has deep knowledge of classic European flavour combinations, a creative streak that shines through in subtle, thoughtful ways (but that he seems to temper in order to allow traditional recipes to shine), and an obvious gift for plating (every dish is immaculately presented). Tour de Feast's menu actually changes weekly, but you'll notice that certain preferred fresh and seasonal ingredients appear regularly in any given month.
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The fritter was delicious, a nice update to the ubiquitous crab cake that still populates menus across the province, and the tuna was perfectly seasoned and had a lovely pink hue in the centre. My main course, called Market Meat, was truly great and, at $30, was outrageously good value given the quality and size of the dish. A hefty portion of sliced, AAA organic bison flat iron steak was nestled beside a tasty hash of braised venison (the portion of which could have easily been an entrée on its own), little golden ricotta gnocchi, and mushrooms in a creamy peppercorn jus; I hope to see this inspired creation again on Jhanjee's constantly evolving menu.
Finally, it has become a tradition for me to visit celebrated chef-owner Scott Kidd's Canyon Restaurant in Edgemont Village at the outset of every new season as his menu changes along with them. This time, I stopped in for a quick appetizer, enjoying Clams and Chorizo with Fennel, White Wine and Garlic Butter, a classic combination prepared here with halved grape tomatoes, yielding a lovely, fragrant, briny broth to spoon up after eating the bivalves.
Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@gmail.com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.


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Most people think of Salome as a conniving, dangerous seductress, but is her reputation as a seductress deserved? In this post, I look at the daughter of Herodias who "danced" for Herod Antipas in order to discover what kind of person she was and to find out what she did that resulted in John the Baptizer being beheaded.
[An article on Salome who was a follower of Jesus is here.]
Preamble: Young Woman or Little Girl?
I was reading 1 Samuel chapter 9 today, in the Greek, and I came across a word that is translated in 1 Samuel 9:11 (NIV) as "young women." The word is korasia (plural).[1] When I think of "young women" I think of women around the ages of 18–25, but the "young women" in 1 Samuel 9 were probably girls whose chore it was to get water for the household.
I decided to look into this word korasion (singular), at its meaning and its usage, and while studying I found that there are two korasia mentioned in the New Testament.
Jairus' daughter is identified as a korasion in Matthew 9:24 & 25 and Mark 5:41 & 42.[2] And we are given her age. She was twelve years old (Mark 5:42; Luke 8:42). The other korasion in the New Testament is the daughter of Herodias. (See Matt. 14:1-12; Mark 6:21-29).[3] Josephus tells us that the daughter's name was Salome.[4]
In the past, I was led to believe that Salome was a sexy woman, an experienced temptress, and that she danced in a deliberately provocative manner for her stepfather Herod Antipas, but in real life Salome was possibly just a kid.[5]
This photo is of actress Brigid Bazlen portraying the clichéd Salome performing the "dance of the seven veils" in the movie King of Kings (1961). (Wikimedia)
Salome's Seductive Dance or Endearing Play?
So what exactly did young Salome do to entertain her audience? Admittedly the rich sometimes indulged in salacious entertainment that sometimes involved children, but it is possible Salome's dance was amusing and endearing rather than erotic.
The Greek verb for "pleased" (areskō) in the phrase, "she pleased Herod …" (Matt. 14:6; Mark 6:22) doesn't have sexual connotations in and of itself.[6] And the Greek word for "dance" (orcheomai) in these same verses can refer to children at play. So Salome may have been playing in an amusing way to entertain her audience, and was not just dancing.[7]
The only other occurrences of orcheomai in the New Testament are in a quotation from Jesus where he mentions children calling out about dancing and mourning (Matt. 11:16-17; Luke 7:32). Ominously, Jesus's words in these two passages about John the Baptist who would be killed because of a child's "dance."
An Oath and an Opportunity
Some suggest Herodias put her daughter up to dancing provocatively for Herod with the hope he would, in appreciation, make some sort of offer or promise. However, the text does not support this assumption.
How could Herodias have predicted Herod would make such an outlandish oath? Note also that Herod's oath to give up to half his kingdom is an idiom indicating a very liberal gift. It is not meant to be taken literally (Mark 6:22-23; Matt. 14:6-7; cf. Esth. 5:3).
I suggest that when Herod made his oath to Salome, Herodias simply saw her opportunity to exact revenge on John the Baptist, and she took the opportunity when it presented itself. Moreover, rather than being a willing temptress, young Salome may have been an innocent pawn in her mother's revenge against John the Baptizer who had been publicly condemning the marriage between Herodias and Herod Antipas (Matt. 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-21).
Salome and Delilah: Misconceptions and Stereotypes
The unfounded sexualisation of Salome in art and literature reminds me of the treatment of Delilah. Delilah, like Salome, is typically portrayed in art and literature as a manipulative, sexual temptress, but in the actual text of Judges chapter 16, she sounds like a nagging wife (e.g., Judg. 16:16).
There is no evidence Delilah flirted or used her sexuality to coerce Samson into revealing his weakness. The narrative has her plainly asking, "Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued" (Judg 16:6; cf 16:10, 13, 15). There is no sneaky or sexy subtlety here. Of course, Delilah probably didn't tell Samson that she had been richly bribed by the Philistines to discover the secret of his strength (Judg 16:5), but he should have figured this out pretty quickly.[8]
It saddens me that I have been misled into thinking that Salome and Delilah were seductive temptresses even though the Bible never states this. It saddens me that people, including Christians, have been too presumptuous and have cast these two women, and others, in this negative and nasty stereotype.[9]
Real women and real men should not be type-cast; they should be seen for who they really are. This is true for Bible characters and it is true for people today.
Salome was probably a pre-pubescent girl of around twelve years of age, who played or danced in front of an appreciative stepfather and his dinner guests, and who was prompted by her mother Herodias to ask for John the Baptist's head on a silver platter. Who was Herodias? That's an interesting story for another time.
I've used BDAG as the main source for definitions of Greek words in this post. Walter Bauer's A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition, revised and edited by F.W Danker (University of Chicago Press, 2000), is known as BDAG for short.
[1] Korasion (the singular form) is the diminutive form of the word korē. Korē means "girl" or "young woman." As well as meaning "girl," korē also means the pupil of the eye. Metaphorically korē refers to someone held dear and cherished: the darling, the favourite, the "apple" of one's eye. (BDAG p. 560)
[2] In Luke's account, Jesus calls the girl a pais (Luke 8:54). BDAG (p. 750) gives the definition of pais as a young person normally below the age of puberty with the focus on age rather than social status.
[3] The word korasion is used eight times in the New Testament, only of Salome and Jairus' daughter (Matt. 14:11; Mark 6:22 & 28 twice, and Matt. 9:24, 25; Mark 5:41, 42). It occurs several more times in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. Boaz's young unmarried maidservants, who Ruth gleans with, are called korasia (Ruth 2:8, 25; 3:2). In the book of Esther, the king's men gather korasia to take to Xerxes harem (Est. 2:3, 4). Esther is herself referred to as a korasion in Esther 2:7 and again in 2:9 where she is also given seven korasia as maidservants. The word also occurs in 1 Samuel 20:30 and Zechariah 8:5 (9:5 LXX) in the Septuagint.
[4] "Salome" is derived from the Hebrew word shalom ("well-being, peace") and was a popular girls name among ancient Jews. This is the passage where Josephus provides the name of Herodias's daughter.
But Herodias, their sister, was married to Herod [Herod Philip I], the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod [Antipas], her husband's brother by the father's side, he was tetrarch of Galilee; but her daughter Salome was married [in around AD 30] to Philip [Herod Philip II], the son of Herod [the Great], and tetrarch of Trachonitis; and as he died [in AD 34] childless, Aristobulus the son of Herod [of Chalcis], the brother of Agrippa, married her; they had three sons, Herod, Agrippa, and Aristobulus … Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4) (Underline added.)
Salome became queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. This coin shows an image of Salome as queen. (Wikimedia)
[5] Because of her first marriage in around AD 30 and her second marriage in around AD 35, Salome's year of birth has been estimated at AD 14. Most Jewish women in the first century married around the ages of 14-16 years old.
[6] A common context of verses in the New Testament that contain the verb areskō is the context of pleasing God (e.g., 1 Thess. 4:1). For comparison, all the verses in the New Testament that contain this verb can be viewed here.
[7] I read the book Early Christian Families in Context last October (2012) in which there was a disturbing chapter about delicia children who were kept by some rich Roman men and women for the purpose of amusement and entertainment. These children, who were usually procured when they were very young, were often treated as pampered pets. Their main "job" was to play for the amusement of their owner. (It is not clear how common it was for delicia children to be involved in erotic entertainment and games.) I'm not all suggesting that Salome was a delicia child. I only mention this to show that wealthy Romans viewed the play of children, including innocent play, as entertainment.
[8] Delilah asked Samson four times to reveal the secret of his strength. Three times Samson replied by lying to her, but the fourth time he told the truth. After the first three times, when the Philistines suddenly appeared on the scene after Delilah had bound him, one would expect Samson to be aware that Delilah was allied with the Philistines. George Athas suggests a reason Samson trusted Delilah here.
[9] As well as the possible misrepresentations of Salome and Delilah by both Bible commentators and artists, Eve is sometimes portrayed as a sexual temptress, Bathsheba is commonly thought to have been an adulteress (but was more likely a victim of rape), the Samaritan woman of Sychar is regarded as a loose woman, and poor Mary Magdalene has been unjustly identified for centuries as a sex worker.
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21 thoughts on "Salome: Was the "dancing" daughter of Herodias a child?"
Greg Hahn
I never considered those things before. Very well done, Marg. I am guilty too. Though I'm sure someone put those ideas in my head in the first place, the fact is- they made such sense to me I never questioned them.
Thank you for your critical thinking on this! I will read these stories differently next time.
Thanks Greg. I was genuinely surprised when I read Judges a few months back. There is nothing in the biblical text to suggest that Delilah was the least bit seductive, but I only have to think of the name "Delilah" and my mind immediately associates the name to a loose woman and seduction.
Faulty, stupid stereotypes! 🙁
Hello everyone! I Am a young Christian that is fairly new to the Word, I am not trying to be argumentative but I am wondering; how was Delilah innocent? She knew in her heart that she was deceiving Samson when she accepted and implemented the task from the Philistines, and according to the New Oxford American Dictionary, "seduce" can also mean: to attract (someone) to a belief or into a course of action that is inadvisable or foolhardy. Just a thought
Hi Donald,
I don't say that Delilah was innocent. What I do say is that the Bible gives no indication she used sex to trick Samson.
"Delilah, like Salome, is typically portrayed in art and literature as a manipulative, sexual temptress, but when you actually read Judges chapter 16, Delilah sounds much more like a nagging wife (Judg. 16:16). There is no evidence that Delilah flirted or used her sexuality to coerce Samson into revealing his weakness."
My point isn't about innocence, it's about misconceptions and stereotypes as per the heading.
In that culture of that time, women were what we would now call girls when they married. Mary was about 12-13 when she had baby Jesus. I think in the Mishnah the Pharisees said that a marriage could not be consummated until the female had had a period. This may seem totally obvious to us, but they felt they needed to be explicit.
Once people started to live longer, then the stages of life could be more spread out.
Not 100% true. It is because of the 1900's post-industrial revolution that has led to "the stages of life being spread out" aka adolescence. Even in Moses' day, people were living into their 80's and Moses himself was well over 100. It isn't that people matured "early" back then, they were just maturing "on time" back then. We say they "matured early" not because they actually did mature early, but because we just mature late in life nowadays – so it seems early to us when in actuality it is actually on time. As a side note, let's not forget that Jesus was a man at age 12. That's why he attended Passover for the first time at 12; because the law required all ADULT MEN to attend. He was obedient to the law.
See Dr David Black's sermons on adolescence:
Verity3
If only the church devoted comparable effort and energy toward avoiding slander, as it does toward campaigning against more hot-button issues.
Don, Deborah and I have just been going through Thayers and looking at the texts they give for korasion, and the Hebrew words (Strongs 3207, 5291) they give as being translated by korasion in the LXX.
In light of everything I've looked at, I think it's reasonably safe to say that a korasion is a girl about 12 years old, or younger, of marriageable age, or approaching marriageable age. So that ties in with your comment. Then again, Salome may have been younger still.
Verity3, It bothers me that Christians in the past have been quick to think the worst of Bible women. Another one is the Samaritan woman. I think Jesus and her were having a genuine theological discussion on the subject of worship. How wonderful is that? But people say that she brought up the subject of worship to divert attention from her marital situation. Aghh! I think Jesus brought up the five husbands as a metaphor – a metaphor that the woman understood.
Hasko Starrenburg
I agree with your comments about Salome. I did some research on her and came to the same conclusion you did. Actually, I wrote a book about my findings called 'Salome; An Invitation to the Dance' (as Marcus Johnson).
Even though it took my 5 years to write this book, you have still managed to come up with some points I've missed.
Hi Hasko,
Thanks for leaving a comment.
I had a look at some previews, and a review, of your book. I like the interesting and imaginative way you've presented your findings.
Can you imagine how traumatizing it must of been for her to carry the head of a man on a tray??? I can only imagine Jesus' reaction when He got the news, finding out that Herodius used a little girl in such a sickening way. No wonder He had to get away. It may have taken all He had not to go over there and forcefully take that little girl out of that house. She was one sick mama. I feel for Salome. I do hope she got saved. I actually read about this verse today and could see Salome slipping down to John's cell and asking him questions about God. She was a little girl and girls are curious and then to carry his head. frightening!! It wouldn't surprise me at all if Jesus snatched Salome up after all that nonsense.
As a member of the Herodian family, and a daughter of the vindictive Herodias, I have a feeling Salome may have been regularly exposed to brutality.
Salome became the queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. But there is no hint of evidence she ever became a Christian.
Yes, she did become a Jesus follower although she was never married. These historical accounts were written for the Roman records after the fact, not necessarily very accurate. Salome fled from the palace and became a follower as a result of the trauma she endured that day. She was cared for and hidden by the other woman. She died in France.
Hi Nancy,
Josephus tells us that Salome was married to Philip the Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trakonitis. After Philip's death, in 34 AD, she married Aristobulus of Chalcis and became his queen. Josephus also mentions her children. Josephus (37-100 AD) is considered a fairly reliable source of facts and information, though he does have some biases. (See chapter 5, section 4, here.)
Also, coins were minted during Salome's lifetime, in 56-57 AD, showing that Aristobulus and Salome were king and queen. Three of these coins still survive. (More information about these coins is here.) Salome's lineage is not obscure.
What Roman records are you referring to, Nancy? And which records contain the ideas you are claiming?
Hi Marg
I am always reluctant to be too quick to jump to conclusions, The household of Aristobulus was probably quite big. However, I did trace the line of inheritance, and Aristobulus would actually be the owner of the Herodian villa in Rome at the time Paul wrote to the Romans. He would not be living there at the time, for he was (client) king of Lower Armenia and lived in Nicopolis upon Lycus. His son Herod would be in Rome, partly for his education and partly as a hostage. Even Herod the Great always had at least one son living in Rome at any time.
Herod the son of Salome (Herodion is the diminutive of Herod) was later personally known to Josephus, who called him 'a very humble man'. An unusual characteristic for a Herodian.
Actually, it is also interesting to note that on the coin of Salome, her husband is on the other side, and he calls himself a Hasmonian (ae Maccabean) rather than a Herodian.
Even 14 year olds can be seductresses.
True, but Salome may have been much younger. She may have been a little girl.
Linkno
Seduction is not specifically sexual. While I don't think Herod's wife's daughter seduced him, Delilah enticed Samson 4 times to tell her how she could take away his strength, the fourth time she said that, he didn't really love her if he didn't tell her the source of his strength; this is no less manipulate than a man saying to a woman "you don't love me if you don't have sex with me" before they are married. Anyone who knows people know how they act when they want to get something from someone when they don't want to give it to them, there is no way you can read that story and legitimately say that she didn't seduce him to get what she wanted.
Hi Linkno,
I agree that seduction doesn't necessarily have to be sexual, though it usually is. But I fail to see how Delilah's frank speech can be misunderstood for seduction or enticing (Judg. 16:6; 10, 13, 15-16).
Because you are simply reading it as frank speech without thinking about the way humans act.
Judges 16:5
5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Note the word entice used here, she was told to entice him and entice him she did.
Patah פָּתָה (H6601b), which occurs in Judges 16:5 can mean entice, but it can also mean deceive or persuade. The word is translated in a variety of ways in different English translations. (See here.)
The Bible presents Delilah's speech in a frank, matter of fact manner. Moreover Judges 16:16 states, "With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it" (NIV). Or, if you prefer, "And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death" (KJV).
This does not sound like enticing.
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The word calibration is thrown around a lot in the collision industry today, but what does it actually mean to calibrate something? How does "calibrate" fit into other words that we use to describe similar processes, and what are some of the differences?
In a simple way of saying it, to calibrate something means to teach it. The concept is similar to how your parents taught you right from wrong, or where you were and were not allowed to go. Not to be confused with programming, which is more along the lines of giving a computer or sensor the ability to think or learn. When calibrating something such as a radar sensor, you are telling the sensor where it is in relation to the vehicle and where to look.
There are two main types of calibration, static and dynamic. You can think of them similar to the way that people learn. Some people are able to learn by reading a book or being told, whereas others learn better by doing. Static is an in-shop setting where the vehicle is not moving. Dynamic is on the road, driving the vehicle.
In OEM repair information, other words are sometimes used instead of calibration, like initialization or relearn. When going through repair manuals, you may see many of these words used. But to determine what you are actually doing, you have to read the procedure. If you are just hooking a scan tool to the vehicle and clearing DTCs or transferring memory from an old module to the new one, it would not be considered calibration.
The RTS OEM Calibration Requirements Search follows the same definition of calibration as this article. Things like programming, clearing codes, and transferring memory are not included in the search. It should be noted that many electronic components require some type of programming when replaced. If you don't see anything listed for calibration, it doesn't mean you can just plug it in and deliver the vehicle. Additional repair information research may be required.


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Q: Blocking in Dispose method Can blocking in Dispose() method (synchronous variant) anyhow influence GC process?
Supposing:

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*classes with no explicit finalizers,

*no real resource allocation/freeing within Dispose, just abusing the pattern to inject some code at the point of Dispose call

*

*Up to now, I understood Dispose as a "normal" method, which also could "accidentally" be called by compiler generated code from some syntactic sugar constructs, like using (var i = new Something(...)){} or using var i = new Something(...) and if using is not suitable for us (from any reason), we just call it directly;

*This implies, any blocking operation inside means only delay at the point of Dispose execution, right?

*This implies, GC does not care about Dispose at all and just collects any instance, when there are no references to it, regardless of Dispose being called or not, right?

*From above I imply that under mentioned conditions, there is no reason for any memory leak nor GC influence, when working with instances blocking in Dispose, right?

Example of such class:
class DisposeBlocker : IDisposable
{
    private Task localWork;
    private Task remoteWork;
    ...
    DisposeBlocker(Task work)
    {
        remoteWork = work;
    }

    void Dispose()
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {} // CPU Bound
        Thread.Sleep(1000); // Should be ok too, right?
        Task.Delay(1000).GetAwaiter().GetResult(); // Is this still ok? Thread pools, contexts, similar stuff...
        Task.WhenAll(localWork, remoteWork).GetAwaiter().GetResult(); // Same as the previous one, right?
    }
}

A: Correct.
If it has no finalizer, GC will not care about the Dispose method.
This sounds like a big code smell, though: if Dispose is necessary, I would imagine it would be desirable to ensure it is called in most cicumstances, ergo you need a finalizer. And finalizers MUST NOT BLOCK or throw an exception under any circumstances.
It's also unexpected for Dispose to block either. So you really should avoid this kind of setup.


The High Park neighbourhood contains a wealth of history. The area north of Bloor Street was formerly part of the town of West Toronto Junction, which was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1909. The historical house at 191 High Park Avenue was built in 1888 for D.W. Clendenan, the first mayor of West Toronto Junction. John Howard – Toronto's first surveyor, purchased the High Park property south of Bloor Street, in 1836. Howard named his estate High Park because of its magnificent view of Lake Ontario. In 1873 Howard deeded his beloved High Park estate to the City of Toronto. John Howard's former residence – Colborne Lodge – is still situated on its original site in High Park, where it is now a museum.
High Park's winding tree-lined streets are lined with impressive Victorian, Edwardian, and Tudor style homes. These captivating houses were built largely during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Several of these houses have been divided into multiple-family dwellings. High Park's distinctive brick homes feature a variety of architectural details that vary from house to house. These features include leaded and stained glass windows, lush wood trims, French doors, hardwood floors and fireplaces. The High Park neighbourhood also features a selection of condominium apartment buildings along Quebec Avenue, north of Bloor Street. These apartments are in the entry-level price range. They include balconies, some of which feature south views that overlook High Park and Lake Ontario.
High Park is conveniently located within walking distance of 'Bloor West Village', one of Toronto's most popular shopping districts. The "Village" is known across the City for its European bakeries, delicatessens, specialty food shops, cafes and restaurants. High Park's other major shopping area is the Junction Gardens along Dundas Street West. This recently revitalized retail district has gone back to its roots as a railway centre by incorporating a railway lantern into the heritage street signs along Dundas Street.
High Park encompasses 399 acres of public parkland. This city park includes a fishing pond, an outdoor theatre, animal paddocks, picnic grounds, playgrounds, a restaurant, an historic museum, flower gardens, an adventure playground and a trackless train.
High Park's sports facilities include tennis, baseball, soccer, lawn bowling, swimming, and skating, as well as walking, jogging and cycling paths found throughout the park. You can read all about the rich history of High Park at the Runnymede Public Library on Bloor Street or the High Park Public Library on Roncesvalles. Both these libraries offer a myriad of programs for neighbourhood residents.


I want to eat my own food, but how do I find the time to really do that? I get this question all the time from my clients.
This is one of the best ways that my clients as well as myself manage time to create the food that supports unique dietary and food sensitivity needs. The whole point of meal prep is to make life easier for you during the week.
Preparing your food for a week of healthy eating can be a giant task. However, if you dedicate a day or afternoon a week to some preparation, your family, kids, partner and your own body will be thanking you all week! This is a wonderful strategy that works for most people. However, it can be overwhelming and unrealistic for everyone else.
Since you already have found out that fast food is not the nourishing option for you to be and stay healthy, only YOU can create that perfect meal that nourishes you and your family.
Meal prep is different than meal planning because you are not actually cooking any full meals for the week. Meal prep involves prepping several food items, so that you can reduce your cooking time during the week and have some easy grab-and-go lunch options.
Successful meal prep works best when you schedule a day every week.
Set aside 2-4 hours on your day off - probably a Saturday or Sunday.
Pick out some recipes or decide what you are going to make for the week.
Pick out one protein (steak, chicken or fish).
Write down your grocery list and grocery shop.
Cook it all up, package up your food and store in the fridge.
When you meal prep for the week, I recommend preparing in advance for up to 5 days worth of food. If you need to store longer, freeze it.
What/How do I store my meals?
My personal favorite is glass containers. Glass does not interfere chemically with your food. Plastic has been shown, when heated to cause all kinds of estrogenic challenges (why mess with your hormones??) (Glass is recommended instead of plastic to help prevent BPA from the plastic leaching into your food. It also lasts longer than the plastic.) That said, plastic does freeze a bit easier. Take your pick of containers.
Here are a few of my favorites that you can order directly from Amazon.com. Let's get cooking!
There are a vast amount of recipes available on the internet. Simply google "meal prep recipes" and you will come up with thousands of ideas. Typically my clients are looking for clean options. Here's my favorite cookbooks that you can order directly from Amazon.com, along with a few on my wish list!


Well, not Ghost Busters. Nope, our family has a soft spot for ghosts. I guess that would be admitting that I believe in ghosts. There are three of us who certainly do.
My daughter was in middle school and my son in grade school. We had lived in our 1970's house for about two years. I loved the evenings when I settled into bed with a book and Sadie, snuggled next to me. As I was reading, most nights I would feel the bed mildly vibrate. I'd put my hand on the mattress feeling it shake. On occasion my daughter felt the same with her bed. Since we lived in the hills and away from a highway, we could eliminate truck traffic. We lived on a cul-de-sac so residents were the only traffic. I wondered if we lived near a fault. So far I was not a believer.
Remember how kids always came into your bedroom, when you were almost asleep, wanting to get another drink or to tell you they were heading to the bathroom? I never understood why they had to tell me. On this night, I had several such visits before the kids settled in to the idea of sleeping. All had been quiet for a long time. My back was turned to the bedroom door. I felt three taps on my back. "Go back to bed," I said. No answer. I rolled over finding no one there. Curiously I checked on both kids. Both were snuggled into deep sleep. My dog looked at me. I looked at her. And I was a believer.
One night my son called to me from his bed. He explained that he had seen the ghost standing in the doorway wearing jeans and a plaid shirt. He wasn't afraid. In fact, he was fascinated. A long time after this event, my children and I went on a trip leaving Sadie and the house in the care of a friend. She settled into my son's room. Now we had never shared the story of our live-in ghost. Who would believe us? Upon our return, our house sitter told us that all went well and, 'by the way, you have a ghost'. She described a guy standing in the door wearing jeans and a plaid shirt. Yes indeed, we had a ghost.
Years later I moved into my cute little house. My aunt back in Ohio was very ill. I had prayed and prayed for Aunt Kate. In the middle of the night, my music box started to play. Sadie sat up looking at me. I sat up looking at her. We both sat there dumbstruck looking at a playing music box. This music box hadn't been wound in years. Yet, here we sat, woman and dog, listening to a music box that was supposed to play only when the lid was opened. Lid closed it was playing Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago. My aunt improved. And the music box played no more.
Am I a believer? Ooooooohhhhhhhh, yes. Does it frighten me? No. My granddaughters know of our ghosts. They thrill people continue after they have passed on. I find it exciting knowing that I don't know all there is to know. What is it that opened my mind to the real possibilities of what I cannot see? What force brought these events to us and why? We were blessed to have these experiences. We were invited to peek into an invisible world.
Halloween might lose some of its punch if it were to get out that ghosts aren't so scary after all. Is your house haunted? Good for you.


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Энтони Тиллмон Уильямс (; 12 декабря 1945 — 23 февраля 1997) — американский джазовый барабанщик.

Уильямс впервые получил известность в составе группы трубача Майлза Дэвиса, а также был пионером стиля джаз-фьюжн. В 1986 году Уильямс был введён в Зал славы журнала Modern Drummer.

Жизнь и карьера
Уильямс родился в Чикаго и вырос в Бостоне. У него были африканские, португальские и китайские корни. С раннего детства Уильямс обучался у барабанщика Алана Доусона, в возрасте 13 лет начал профессионально играть с саксофонистом Сэмом Риверсом. Саксофонист Джеки Маклейн нанял Уильямса, когда тому было 16 лет.

Личная жизнь
Уильямс жил и преподавал в области залива Сан-Франциско вплоть до своей смерти в результате инфаркта.

Примечания

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Исполнители Blue Note Records
Лауреаты премии «Грэмми»

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Districts work to bring officers back to schools
In the same week that Port Huron announced its resource officer program for local schools, Marysville and Clay Township initiated similar efforts, while other districts wait on funding.
Districts work to bring officers back to schools In the same week that Port Huron announced its resource officer program for local schools, Marysville and Clay Township initiated similar efforts, while other districts wait on funding. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: http://bwne.ws/2IgIRgK
Jeremy Ervin and Jackie Smith, Times Herald Published 5:45 p.m. ET March 11, 2018
Marysville Police Officer Justin Reeves talks with students about his police dog, Heiko, during an assembly Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, at Washington Elementary School in Marysville.(Photo: File.)
When Marysville stopped having a police officer cover schools on a regular basis, Chief Tom Konik said they could notice the difference.
The liaison official helped calm the daily ebb and flow for students and school staff and deter issues, like classroom disruptions, fights, threats or the presence of narcotics.
It also helped with the relationship with the students.
"I know when we lost contact based on the types of calls for service. When you have officers on a more frequent basis and not just dropping in … students feel more comfortable," Konik said. "… Kids, if they notice something going on in their neighborhood, they would (tell us). We lost that."
Marysville was one of multiple communities in the area that had a resource or liaison officer program in local schools that, likely within the last decade, dried up for lack of funding.
School officer wants to be someone students can trust
Now, they're trying to get it back. And they aren't alone.
On Wednesday, a Marysville officer started covering local schools on a half-day basis. School and city officials are expected to consider more permanent options for the position later this month.
In Clay Township, both township board members and Algonac Community Schools officials signed off on bringing a full-time liaison officer back last Monday, and Superintendent Alan Latosz said the goal is to get them in place "within a week or so."
"How do we not do it? I don't think there's an argument out there … of why this (is) something we shouldn't do," Clay Police Chief Michael Koach told Clay trustees. "We protect the things that are dear to us."
Those changes come amid a heightened awareness of school safety following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Port Huron began seeing a full-time officer at each of its high schools on Thursday — the school district paying $53,600 for the remainder of the school year with plans splitting the cost of two officers with the city next year.
City, district partner to put cops in schools
Similarly, Clay Township and Algonac Community Schools will split the cost of one officer.
Officials said it's expected to be a little more than $40,000 each, though they're still working out details. All the district's schools are located within the township's boundaries.
Koach said on Monday, that he'd been talking about bringing a full-time officer back with Latosz for the last several months since he came on as the school district's superintendent, as well as his predecessor John Strycker.
"It was to the point where it was like, you know what? Our kids are worth it," Latosz said. "There's a lot of good that comes from it."
"Due to budgetary concerns, this program went away" several years ago said Konik, saying it was similar to reasoning in Marysville.
Then, however, Koach said its impact had been priceless.
"Not only was he there as a police officer, he became a friend, a mentor, and basically a counselor to a lot of these kids," he said. "And these kids got to know him, got to respect him, got to trust him, and we got a lot of priceless information out of that.
"And it's the best way of stopping things before they happen. Not to mention having someone in our schools (when), God forbid, something does occur."
In Algonac's district, Latosz said it'd be most likely the officer would spend much of their time at the junior-senior high school.
"In terms of interacting with kids and all the things we want that officer to do, we just think he'll be best set at the 7-12 (grades) building," the superintendent said. "We're excited about it. I think it's going to be good for a lot of different reasons."
Amanda Braun, then-age 17 and a student at Algonac High School, laughs with Herman Montville, a then-Clay Township police officer. She said she knew Montville, who was the school's liaison officer. Clay Township's board and Algonac Community Schools officials agreed to split the costs of bringing a resource officer back to the district. (Photo: File.)
Clay Township Supervisor Artie Bryson said when school's not in session, the resource officer would help the police department cover the area's busy summer season, saving the township overtime costs with "two more feet on the ground."
But that wasn't the only benefit, he said.
"It's going to pay dividends coming back to us, as far as teaching these kids, mentoring," Bryson said. "Who knows? We could start some sort of cadet program with the schools. We're having a hard time of finding people that want to be cops."
Marysville City Manager Randy Fernandez said City Council members will discuss funding a resource officer in the long-term during a goal-setting session on March 19. The next day, he said, they'll have a special council meeting to decide how to move forward for the remainder of the school year.
Marysville council members typically meet at 7:30 p.m. at city hall, 1111 Delaware Ave. Goal setting sessions usually start at 6 p.m.
Currently, a Marysville officer is spending a few hours of each shift in schools. Fernandez said the city's providing it for now at no cost.
Shawn Wightman, Marysville schools' superintendent, said they still have some things to work out financially. But he said the officer is already making a difference.
"Just talking and communicating with staff. Reassuring them that she's there. Talking with students and already starting to build relationships," he said. "Identifying things she can be a part of in terms of clubs and different programs and maybe finding places to improve in practice or (operations)."
Elsewhere in St. Clair County
Officials across St. Clair County said local law enforcement officials do visit local schools and maintain a good relationship, though that doesn't mean they're there on a regular basis.
East China Schools Superintendent Suzanne Cybulla said they, too, want to bring in resource officers. She called herself a "strong advocate" for a more formalized police presence in schools.
But she said funding is tricky, as well as coverage because the district includes areas covered by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Marine City and St. Clair police departments.
Cybulla said her goal would be to have two officers — one in a high school in Marine City and St. Clair, covering each end of the district. She said she hopes grant funding may become available.
"As quickly as we can," she said. "That's about as tightened down as I can get on the timeline. It is difficult. St. Clair High School, just for example, is not in the city of St. Clair, (but) Marine City High School is in Marine City."
Area students plan school violence walkouts
Yale Public Schools maintains a school resource officer in partnership with the city's police department, already.
Superintendent Ken Nicholl said the position provides visible security, serves as a positive example of policing to students, and has taught DARE and other educational programs.
"Our long-standing partnership with the city of Yale and the Yale Police Department in this endeavor has extended well over a decade," he said in an email. "It would not have been possible without such key players in our local government and board of education who support this initiative."
Memphis Community Schools also has an officer from the city's police department. The officer is based out of the junior-senior high school four days a week and helps with crossing guard duties, traffic flow, and safety.
Superintendent Brad Gudme the district is exploring making the position full time.
In Sanilac County
Croswell-Lexington Schools maintains a full-time officer through a partnership with the Croswell Police Department.
Lt. Randy Willis said the officer is based out of Croswell-Lexington High School and makes rounds through the rest of the district's facilities.
Capac Community Schools does not have a formal agreement to keep an officer in its facilities but maintains a relationship with the village of Capac's police department, said Jeff Terpenning, the district's superintendent.
The police headquarters is quite close to the school buildings, and Terpenning said the relationship still works.
"Our police officers and us are on a first name basis," he said. "That's the beauty of a small town."
A police officer watches as students walk to classes at Capac High School in 2003. (Photo: File)
Deckerville Community Schools doesn't have a resource officer.
"There's really no discussion of having a resource officer. We have one police officer for the whole town," said Superintendent Michael Hugan. "Personally, I'd love to have one."
A small district with a small footprint, Hugan said they've put emphasis on security in other ways. Current features include cameras, buzzers on the doors of key school entry points, and small metal plates called "the boot" used to guard classroom doors.
He said they've also considered getting large bullet-proof, tactical boards on wheels that they could use to block a hallway.
"It's a difficult question. We're still kind of working on it. We're looking at ways to improve things," Hugan said. "I like the ideas of these barriers, but even those are 2,200 bucks a piece and you need two or three per hallway."
The Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District has liaison officers with the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office and the Michigan State Police who visit the school two to three times per month, according to Superintendent James Stewart.
The officers facilitate communication between the district and their departments.
With Sandusky Community Schools, there is no dedicated officer, but Superintendent Paul Flynn said the district works with local law enforcement to provide visibility of officers in the district's buildings and address security issues when they arise.
The district mostly works with the Sandusky Police Department. However, as part of the district is outside city limits, they sometimes need to include the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office, Flynn said.
Neither Peck or Brown City community schools have a dedicated officer.
Peck schools work with the Peck Police Department and sheriff's department to have officers do walkthroughs, security checks and maintain a visible presence.
Brown City Superintendent Neil Kohler said local police have keys to school facilities.
"And they pop in occasionally throughout the day," he said in a message. "They'll walk through the halls or the parking lot. We have a pretty good agreement with them and a relationship to keep them around our buildings. It's not necessarily paid through the schools, it's just part of their daily routine."
Marlette Community Schools Superintendent Sarah Barratt did not return a call and email for comment as of Friday afternoon.
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith. Contact Jeremy Ervin at (810) 989-6276 or jervin@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @ErvinJeremy.
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